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The Burma Banshees at Byrd Field Richmond Virginia

by Robin Adair | Aug 20, 2026 | Burma Banshee FaceBook Page

When you think of the legendary WWII 80th Fighter Group—the famous “Burma Banshees”—you usually picture P-40 Warhawks slicing through the muggy, dangerous skies over India and Burma. But every legendary unit has a origin story, and for the Banshees, it started with a...
90th Fighter Squadron, The  Burma Banshees Bridge Busting

90th Fighter Squadron, The Burma Banshees Bridge Busting

by Robin Adair | Aug 13, 2026 | Burma Banshee FaceBook Page

October 1944: Lieutenant Ellis Fisher and the Bridges of Northern Burma While the 89th Fighter Squadron was grinding through October at Myitkyina, the 90th Fighter Squadron was conducting its own relentless war from Tingkawk Sakan. For the 90th, October 1944 would...
From Burma Banshee to Nashville Legend: The Remarkable Second Life of E.R. “Dutch” McMillin

From Burma Banshee to Nashville Legend: The Remarkable Second Life of E.R. “Dutch” McMillin

by Burma Banshees | Aug 6, 2026 | Burma Banshee FaceBook Page

One of the greatest rewards of researching the Burma Banshees has been discovering what these remarkable men accomplished after World War II. Many returned home to become business leaders, engineers, teachers, and community leaders. Every now and then, however, I...
Before Burma: The 89th Trains at Mitchell Field

Before Burma: The 89th Trains at Mitchell Field

by Burma Banshees | Aug 2, 2026 | Burma Banshee FaceBook Page

Long before the 89th Fighter Squadron ever saw the Assam Valley, the men who would become the Burma Banshees were learning their trade on home soil — at Mitchell Field, New York. The footage below captures a piece of that training: pilots working on wing shooting,...
A Day Over the Assam Valley: October 17, 1943

A Day Over the Assam Valley: October 17, 1943

by Burma Banshees | Aug 1, 2026 | Burma Banshee FaceBook Page

The bridges could wait one day. For weeks the 89th Fighter Squadron had been going after the spans across Burma — the rail lines, the river crossings, the choke points that kept the Japanese army fed and moving. But war in the China-Burma-India theater wasn’t...
A Day in the Life of a Burma Banshee

A Day in the Life of a Burma Banshee

by Burma Banshees | Jul 29, 2026 | Burma Banshee FaceBook Page

October 26, 1943. Operations Order Number 40. Fifty-two pilots. Ten missions. Takeoffs beginning at 0910 and running through 1435 in the afternoon. The day started with Captain S. Combs (89th) leading Mission F-230 off the strip at 0910 — eight aircraft in the Bomb...

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